Art of the Ancient Near East
29. Figure from Ain Ghazal, Jordan, c. 7000 – 6000 BCE. Clay plaster with cowrie shell, bitumen and paint. Approx
35”
30. Beaker, from Susa (modern Shush, Iran), c. 4000 BCE. Ceramic, painted in brown glaze 11 1/4” high
Sumerian
31. Face of a Woman from Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq), c. 3500-3000 BCE. Marble, approx 8” high
32. Carved Vase (both sides) from Uruk (Warka, Iraq) c. 3500 – 3000 BCE. Albaster, 36”
33. Scarlet Ware Vase from Tutub (modern Tell Khafajeh, Iraq), c 3000 – 2350 BCE. Ceramic 11 ¾”
34. Administrative Tablet featuring Cunniform, c. 3000 BCE. Clay
35. Votive Statues form the Square Temple, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq), c. 2900 – 2600 BCE.
Limestone, Albaster, Gypsum, largest figure approx 30”
36. Bull lyre (with detail from sound box decoration) from tomb of King Abargi, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq), c 2685
BCE. Wood with gold, lapis lazuli, bitumen, and shell reassembled in modern wood support. Detail: wood with shell
inlaid in bitumen, size 12 ¼” x 4 ½”
37. Standard of Ur (peace side), ca. 2600 BCE
38. Ram in the thicket from the Royal Tomb at Ur, ca. 2600 BCE. Gold & lapis lazuli over wood core, approx 40”
39. Cylinder Seal (& it’s impression) from Sumer, c. 2500 BCE. Marble, height approx 1 ¾”
40. Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq), c. 2100 -2050 BCE
Akkadian
41. Stele of Naramsin, c. 2254-2219 BCE. Limestone, 6’6”
42. Man from Ninevah (known as Akkadian ruler), Nineveh (present day Kuyunjik, Iraq), c 2300 – 2200 BCE. Copper
alloy, 14 3/8” high
Neo Sumerian
43. Votive Statue of Gudea from Lagash (modern Telloh, Iraq), c 2120 BCE. Diorite, 29” high.
Babylonian
44. Stele of Hammurabi from Susa (modern Shush, Iraq) c 1792 -1750 BCE. Basalt, approx 7’, height of relief 28”
45. Lion Gate, Hattushash (near modern Boghazkeui, Turkey), c. 1400 BCE. Limestone
46. Investiture of Zimrilm facsimile of a wall painting on mud plaster at the palace of Mari (modern Tell Hariri, Iraq),
court 106; before c. 1750 BCE. Height 5’5”.
Assyrian
47. Human- Headed winged lion (lamassu) Neo-Assyrian, Ashurnasirpal II. 883-859 BCE
48. Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions from Palace Complex of Assurnasirpal II, Nimrud, Iraq, c. 850 BCE. Albaster, 39”
high.
49. Reconstruction drawing of the Citadel & Palace complex of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad,
Iraq), c. 721-706 BCE
50. Assurbanipal and his Queen in the Garden from the palace at Ninevah ( modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), c. 647 BCE.
Albaster, approx 21” high.
Neo Babylonian
51. Reconstruction drawing of Babylon in the 6th Century BCE
52. Standing Lion, c. 6th century BCE (c 575 BCE). Glazed brick
53. Ishtar Gate from Babylon (Iraq), c 575 BCE. Glazed brick, original height 40’ with towers rising 100’
54. Woman Spinning, from Susa (modern Shush, Iran), c. 8th – 7th century BCE. Bitumen compound 3 5/8” x 5 1/8”
Persian
55. Apadana (audience hall) of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, Perseposis, Iran, c. 518 – 460 BCE